Hoop-roller.



' S. G. PETTERSON.

HOOP ROLLER.

APPLIoA'rIoN FILED 00T. so, 1907.

904,220. Patented Now/.17, 1908.

4SIMON G. PETTERSON, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application :tiled October 30, 1907. Serial No. 399,880.

. To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON G. PETTERsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Pine Bluff, in the county of Jefferson, State of Arkansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in4 Hoop-Rollers; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains'to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to devices for trundling or rollin andguiding hoops.

It is the object o the invention to provide a hoop roller so constructedthat a child can run at theside of the. -hoop as though batting it alongin the usual way, and have the trundling means guide and-control itwithout the exercise of great skill.

It is also the object of the invention to provide a trundling device soconstructed that the child need not run behind in the path of the hoopso that if the latter should fall the child may not fall over it and behurt. p

To the foregoing ends the invention consists of a hoop-roller comprisinga length of stiff` wire bent to form an eye or loop 1n the end andanother a short distance therefrom positioned approximately in linetherewith the connections between the two eyes consisting of portions oflen ths of wire, and the latter beine bent together below thesecondmentionedlloop to form a handle or the support for ahandle.

The drawin hereto annexed shows an embodiment of t e invention, andconstitutes, with the reference characters marked-thereon, a part ofthis specification, the said drawing being a side view of the inventioninthe position it will occupy when applied to use. In carrying out myinvention I provide a hoop of round or it may be flattened wire suitablefor a child to roll about in its play. Instead of batting the hoopabout, a thing which requires considerable skill, my trundling devlceconsists of a roller or trundler comprisin ,a handle 2 extendinglaterally from the oop 1 and having an eye or loop 3 at the endof thehandle and another loo or eye 4 extending forward of the eye 3 ang insubstantial alinement therewith, the two eyes being joined by connectingmeans 5 on the side of the hoop opposite to that vfrom which the handleextends.

In making this trundling device I prefer to form it from a length of stiwire bending it so as to form the eye Land then doubling the extendedparts 6 upon themselves so as to constitute the connecting means 5Abetween the eye I and the-eye 3 `which is formed by bending the lengthsof wire in opposite directions and at substantially a right angle to theconnecting part 5. After forming the eye 3 as stated the balance of thewlre is doubled upon itself and extends outwardly at substantially aright angle to the hoop when standing upright and is made to constitutethe handle of the trundling device by which the hoop is manipulated. Ifdesired the wire handle specified may have a wooden handle placedthereon as' is indicated in dotted lines iu the figure. I

With the invention specified a child not skilled in the rolling of ahoop can readily learn to trundle'a hoop about in a way closelysimulating that of batting on its sides instead of pushmg it from therear with Patented Nov. 17,1908.

danger of falling over it if the hoop should fall. Aside from this themanner of constructing the trundlingdevice herein described, it is onethat makes sure of running the hoop easily without danger of the childfalling over it, it being understood that the eyes or loops throu hwhich the hoop passes are much larger t an the diameter of the hoopitself.

A rolling device for hoops composed of a single piece of wire bent uponitself intermediate its ends and the sldes closely engaged exce t at twopoints where the sides are disten ed into eyes spaced apart2 theterminals of said sides adapted to receive a handle and with one of saldeyes in alinement with the longitudinal lane of the handle receivingportlon and t e other of said eyes inclined to the longitudinal plane ofthe handle receiving portion, sald eyes adapted to be permanentlyengaged with a hoop.

.In testimony whereof, a X my signature,

in presence oftwo witnesses.

SIMON G. PETTERSON. Witnesses Z. On'rA, J o NIoHoL.

